The Focused Issue“Improving the Quality and Outcomes of Lung Cancer Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach”led by Prof. Raymond U. Osarogiagbon is published in the August Issue of Translational Lung Cancer Research.

The Special Section “Controversies on Lung Cancer: Pros and Cons”chaired by Prof. Suresh Senan and Prof. Helmut H. Popper, is first launched in the August Issue (Vol 4, No 4) of the journal Translational Lung Cancer Research.

In less than two months,TLCR has received about 30 supporting letters from the prominent experts worldwide, who are editorial board members, authors and readers knowing TLCR well. This is encouraging. We are grateful for their vigorous support to the journal.

On the early morning of December 31, 2014, a good news from PubMed Central has flown through the Editorial Office: Translational Lung Cancer Research (TLCR) has passed the evaluation and is officially indexed by PubMed! (figure 1) This is one more milestone for TLCR as an acknowledgment of its expansion and dedication to translational research of lung cancer and will tremendously advance its continued exploration in the field.

Co-Guest-Edited by Prof. Robert Pirker from Austria and Prof. Caicun Zhou from China, Translational Lung Cancer Research(TLCR) in October has successfully published a special issue(Vol 3, No 5) dedicated to the 14th Central European Lung Cancer Conference (CELCC) held in Vienna, Austria, from 29 November until 2 December 2014(http://www.mondial-congress.com/de/celcc2014).